As is their custom this time of year, great egrets are beginning to return to the Montezuma Refuge. On today's (Friday's) survey we counted 77 at Knox Marcellus Marsh alone. If you listen closely, one can almost hear the Season taking a breath. While relatively quiet with respect to avifauna, the Refuge is alive with summer wildflowers including swamp rose mallow, bladderwort, sweet clover, sow thistle, pickerel weed, evening primrise and blue vervain, to mention a few. Collectively they lend an air of "Summer" to the Refuge that is not to be missed! Pete Sar
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